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Bradford. Manningham – the red light district is situated around Lumb Lane and Manningham Lane and was featured in the TV series Band of Gold. [ 250] Huddersfield. Great Northern Street [ 251] Leeds. Chapeltown – the traditional red light-area was around the Spencer Place and Avenue Hill streets.
Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous yūkaku ( red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640 [ 1] and Shinmachi in Osaka. [ 1]
Tobita Shinchi (飛田新地), also known as Tobita Yūkaku (飛田遊廓), is the largest of the brothel districts in Osaka, and also the largest in western Japan. [1] It is located in the Sanno 3-chōme area of Nishinari-ku, Osaka. [2] Tobita Shinchi dates from the Taishō period. To circumvent the anti-prostitution laws, the brothels operate ...
Kabukichō (Japanese: 歌舞伎町, pronounced [kabɯki̥ tɕoː]) is an entertainment district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.Kabukichō is considered a red-light district [1] with a high concentration of host and hostess clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the "Sleepless Town" (眠らない街, Nemuranai Machi, pronounced [nemɯɾanai matɕiꜜ]).
Nakasu. Coordinates: 33.593647°N 130.405295°E. Nakasu (中洲) is the red-light district which exists between the sandbank of the Naka River (那珂川, Nakagawa) and the Hakata River (博多川, Hakatagawa) in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which ...
Yūkaku. Yūkaku (遊廓) were legal red-light districts in Japanese history, where both brothels and prostitutes - known collectively as yūjo (遊女, lit. "woman of pleasure"), the higher ranks of which were known as oiran ( 花魁) - recognised by the Japanese government operated. [ 1] Though prostitution was, officially, legal to engage in ...
Susukino (すすきの) is a red-light district in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is one of the major red-light districts in Japan along with Kabukichō, Tokyo, and Nakasu, Fukuoka. Currently, the district is congested with many restaurants, bars, hotels, and adult-entertainment establishments. The name Susukino is often written as ...
Shimabara (嶋原) (often simplified to 島原, sometimes styled 嶌原 ), established in 1640, was the designated red light district ( yūkaku) in Kyoto. Following the outlawing of sex work in Japan, it went defunct as a red-light district in the 1950s but continued as a geisha district ( hanamachi) for a few more years. By the 1970s, geisha ...